On the face of it the 2011 remake of FRIGHT NIGHT seemed cliched and necessary, and yet it was surprisingly well received by critics
for great acting, story and characters.
What films like The Babadook and Goodnight Mommy show us is that no matter the amount of blood and gore and shock value a film may possess, there is no real substitute
for great acting.
For example, Variety's Peter Debruge writes, «Not many are likely to mistake what Marion Cotillard does in Angel Face
for great acting, as the glamorous French star gives a performance so phony it feels like a Saturday Night Live parody of a white - trash trainwreck, downright pathetic in its attempt to achieve what came so naturally to relative amateur Bria Vinaite in last year's The Florida Project.»
Our whole life should be a preparatory exercise
for the great act of our death, the act of our supreme sacrifice with Jesus.
«We are absolutely humbled and are so grateful
for this great act of kindness and hope that we will be able to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to provide the horses in our care with a wonderful new place to rest and recover,» said one of the founders of Bella Run.
Not exact matches
The
act of simplification is
great for leaders because it encourages new ways of looking at old problems, and sets a standard of continuous improvement that can (and will) become infectious in your business or organization.
«These bills are the
greatest political achievement
for startup and growth - company entrepreneurs since passage of the JOBS
Act in 2012.
A
great example are Freelancer Management Systems (FMS)-- not only assisting companies in engaging freelancers but
for serving as a repository of company knowledge about the freelance workforce that
acts as a company's ongoing source of freelance talent.
The very
act of seeking new experiences also happens to be
great for your mood, and people who are happy are magnetic and far more interesting to be around than downers.
One of the very
greatest acts of statesmanship in the postwar world was when the founding chancellor of the German Federal Republic (West Germany), Konrad Adenauer, declined Stalin's offer of reunification in exchange
for German neutrality in the Cold War.
Whether it's training
for greater strength, becoming a platinum artist or releasing your first book, the first step in the right direction is to
act as if you've already accomplished it.
The sooner you're able to
act on them, the quicker you'll be noticed by your manager as a potential candidate
for tackling even
greater responsibilities.
For the - Panamanian - American, it's just the opening
act of a
great career.
While there is
great opportunity, ensuring we always
act responsibly
for our customers and partners will continue to be a hallmark of our work.
These decades happened to coincide with The
Great Depression and The
Great Recession so you can see that in periods of very poor economic activity, bonds can
act as stabilizer
for your portfolio.
VANCOUVER, B.C. — A research paper by the
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade recommends the Government of British Columbia introduce new regulations that would pave the way
for ridesharing across the province, while also launching a review of the Passenger Transportation
Act and overhauling regulations to enable the traditional taxi industry to be more competitive.
Finally, in 2018, there appears to be a
greater appetite
for learning about consent and holding those who commit
acts of sexual violence accountable.
The apparent aim of bill 101, Enhancing Shareholders Rights
Act, 2017 is to provide shareholders with
greater opportunities
for engagement and control within the corporate apparatus and to «modernize» Ontario's corporate legislation.
Households now seem to have entered a period of
greater financial caution, and this may
act as a restraining influence on the growth of household spending
for a while to come.
«It will greatly enhance the educational experience
for our students, will
act as a key development resource
for science - based ventures within and outside of our university, and will lead to
greater economic development within Canada.»
It goes into
great detail about why the plaintiffs believe hedge funds and private equity funds are inappropriate investments
for Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (ERISA) retirement plans.
But the 1986 Air Carrier Access
Act opened the door to a
greater variety of animals to accompany a disabled passenger with a doctor's note in any seat, unless the animal obstructs an aisle or another area needed
for emergency evacuation.
The lawsuit goes into
great detail about why the plaintiffs believe hedge funds and private equity funds are inappropriate investments
for Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (ERISA) retirement plans.
A
great business plan should
act as a pitch
for your business and convince a lender to give you money.
The Smoot - Hawley Tariff
Act of 1930 was followed by tariff increases by Canada and Europe in tit -
for - tat restrictions that greatly slowed the US and global recovery from the
Great Depression.
Facebook has helped give
greater legitimacy to controversial organizations like
ACT for America, a self - described national security grassroots advocacy group that has been accused of promoting Islamophobia, according to Beirich.
This is not surprising since the HCIT subsector is capital intensive and was spurred by the Affordable Care
Act (ACA) that, among other things, calls
for greater interoperability among providers.
Ever since Ron Paul first introduced it in 2009, the «Federal Reserve Transparency»
Act, calling
for the elimination of the Federal Reserve System's exemption from certain kinds of GAO audits, has been the subject of vigorous debate between proponents of
greater government accountability and champions of an independent Federal Reserve.
As I've noted before, the
greatest act of respect
for American troops would be
for the Bush Administration to extract the U.S. from the role of occupier and to legitimize its role as peacekeeper; to abandon the objective of unilaterally shaping Iraq, shift enforcement to a wider force of NATO troops, and expand the role of the United Nations in civil matters.
great insight, thank you
for sharing... now i will steal it and
act like i came up with it!
Leave it to religion to dictate how you should think and
act, down to your last moments of life,
for fear of experiencing even
greater pain after death... and why shouldn't they know?
= > I rejected God
for a
great deal of my life and it took an
act of God to wake me up.
Paul writes in Philippians 2 that we should be like Christ, and I suppose we could say Mary and Joseph,
for making themselves of no reputation,
acting like a servant to everybody, and humbling themselves to the
greatest extent possible.
The problem
for them is how to
act responsibly so as to begin a process of change which will lead to sustainable consumption and
greater justice.
In the sufferings and death that Jesus willingly and humbly accepts we see the
greatest act of love as he offers himself in atonement
for the selfish sins of mankind.
But as I studied God's letter
for myself and began to discipline myself in reading, even before my age was marked with double digits, I found time and time again that this was true; the Bible was constantly reminding me of God's love
for me in the words that He said about me and in the
great acts of love He displayed.
This year, the red purse contains a # 5 coin, commemorating four generations of royalty, and a 50p coin commemorating the Representation of the People
Act 1918, which reformed the electoral system in
Great Britain and Ireland, giving some women the right to vote
for the first time.
All this, which is only a part of what ought to be said about the Atonement, is not irrelevant to our discussion;
for like Professor MacKinnon, though in a rather different way, I want to lay the
greatest emphasis on the decisiveness and uniqueness of the Cross and the Resurrection In both these
acts of God, however, I find no inconsistency between their decisiveness and «objectivity» and the fact that they are directed towards men: the former as conveying to them the divine acceptance which is also judgement, the latter by bringing to them, in the Easter experiences, the active presence of the living Lord.
What
greater love could someone have
for this moribund bride than to tell her she's
acting like a silly old cow and to wake up to herself, and then to serve her by doing her chores
for her while she seems incapable to do them herself?
Now this, of course, is done to a considerable extent by
great Bible societies who
act for the churches — one of the early interdenominational activities of the various divisions of the church.
The model of the world as God's body encourages holistic attitudes of responsibility
for and care of the vulnerable and oppressed; it is nonhierarchical and
acts through persuasion and attraction; it has a
great deal to say about the body and nature.
But again, many of the
greatest sacrifices I have seen are from men who gave their last years caring
for their wives, the
greatest act of love.
Liberal opposition to the 1998
act and the campaign
for religious freedom was solidified by the sure sign of
great evil afoot, namely, the support of the cause by the «religious right.»
According to the Hartshornean understanding of perfect love, we might interpret the scriptural command — «Be ye perfect» — to mean that we are commanded to
act from a social awareness that is perfectly responsive to the interests of all others, and
for the purpose of promoting the
greatest liberty
for all.
The reason i say the person has religion is that most people who commit this type of
act try to justify the evil they do by saying it
for the
greater good that religion has taught them, but you never know and we wont till all the facts are in.
During the
great battles on the legalization of divorce and homosexual
acts, the notable campaigners then were really distinguished public figures,
for example: Bruce Arnold, mentioned above, Prof. Richard Humphries of the University College Dublin School of Law, historian Prof. John A. Murphy mentioned above, of University College Cork, the journalist Kevin Myers, the literary critic Prof. David Norris of Trinity College Dublin, former Reid Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, later President of the Republic, Mary Robinson.
Then your reward from heaven will be very
great, and you will truly be
acting as children of the Most High,
for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked.»
God's
great act of salvation is
for the poor and needy.
You and everyone one else with your closed - minded, egotistical, racist, bigoted views disgust me to no end and make me fear
for the future of our
great country... the only thing that gives me hope is that someday, whether it be before God or some sort of
act of Karma or whatever it may be, you will be judged.
God does not become more divine, of course; but God has other and more varied opportunity to adapt the divine Loving to the creatures, so that in any and every circumstance there is the renewed possibility of novelty, with the emergence of a
greater capacity to
act instrumentally
for God's intentions in the world.